Idvd project and DVD SP

hi all
bit of a flat panic now, i was going to use IDVD to burn my project off to give to a customer but the videos have been exported in 16:9 from FCP but will only play in QT in 4:3 same for Idvd
so i tried to open the project in DVDSP but it wont open
i have IDVD 7. something
DVDSP 2
FCS 2
any ideas or hep taken ASAP as this has to go to REPODUCTION first thing in the morn
HELP
adam

Ok, if your videos are 16:9 then bring them into iDVD and make sure you have iDVD set up for 16:9. If you bring your video into QuickTime Player it will appear to be 4:3. Don't bring your video into QuickTime Player.
Burn a disc and pop it into a DVD player and you will see that everything is 16:9.

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